The Start

In 1921 Ludwig Krohne began to produce variable area flowmeters in Duisburg, Germany. The company moved from rented facilities to company-owned buildings in 1936. These were destroyed during the 2nd World War. As Ludwig Krohne and his son Karl both lost their lives during and in the aftermath of the war, Ludwig's wife Anna run the company during post-war years.

Starting again

In 1949, Anna Krohne asked her 28 year old grandson Kristian Rademacher-Dubbick to join the company.He soon took over responsibilities and under his leadership KROHNE – with an initial workforce of only 8 people - grew to become a leading and one of the most innovative companies for flow measuring devices.

The Generation Change

In 1979, Kristian Rademacher-Dubbick relinquished his position of Managing Director and became Chairman of the Board of Directors.He could still be seen regularly in many KROHNE facilities, and he gladly followed the outstanding development of the company in the recent years.Kristian Rademacher-Dubbick died in 2014 at the age of 92 years in Duisburg.

Present

Managed by Michael Rademacher-Dubbick (Controlling and Human Resources) and Stephan Neuburger (Sales and Marketing), KROHNE has advanced from an instrument manufacturer to a solution provider while still being an independent company owned by the Rademacher-Dubbick family.

The portfolio has been continuously expanded with complete measuring solutions and additional services to be seamlessly integrated in modern process control concepts, giving the customer as much information about the process as possible.

At the same time, new markets and industries could be won as customers to secure growth and independance from developments on single markets.

KROHNE milestones in measuring technology and industry-specific solutions and services